Nigeria-born doctor based in the United States. Dr. Bennet Omalu is a
forensic pathologist, who discovered a new disease that he named chronic
traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, after he conducted the autopsy of
famous American footballer, Mike Webster.
He is currently
the chief medical examiner of San Joaquin County, Calif. and a professor
in the UC Davis Department of Medical Pathology and Laboratory
Medicine.
He is also the author of the book “Play Hard, Die Young”.
Will
Smith will be playing the role of Bennet Omalu in his new movie
‘Concussion’ which is set to be released on Christmas day, December 25.
The
first trailer for ‘Concussion’ Will Smith’s latest movie has just been
released and in the NFL based movie, Omalu, whose “emotional quest puts
him at dangerous odds with one of the most powerful institutions in the
world.”
The movie also stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Stephen Moyer, Alec Baldwin, and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje.
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